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Climate change is an international crisis that demands action at every level of government. Yet perhaps overlooked, with all the dire warnings about the…

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By Charlotte Davis and Joel Dunn The writers are, respectively, executive director of the Rural Maryland Council and president and CEO of Chesapeake Conservancy….

On a hot and humid evening earlier this month, Del. Lorig Charkoudian (D-Montgomery) was able to take advantage of a break in the stormy…

Luke Caron, a college student from Silver Spring, crouched in a tangle of bushes, trees and vines near a busy Takoma Park thoroughfare the…

The offshore wind industry in Maryland is having a coming-out party — and not a moment too soon, with the latest Intergovernmental Panel on…

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During Larry Hogan’s campaign to become governor in 2014, he explicitly stated that Maryland must hold Exelon accountable for its pollution coming out of…

A new legislative commission will study the increasing demands on Maryland state parks starting next month.  Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House…

A Maryland U.S. Senator unveiled legislation this week that would tax major oil and gas companies which emit greenhouse gases to help pay for the…

During a summer filled with disturbing news about climate change’s drastic impact – from wildfires and extreme heat to damaging floods – there is…

The topline news carried a political, economic and cultural wallop: State, federal and local officials, along with corporate chieftains and union heavyweights, announced Tuesday…